K. Gopalaiah

K. Gopalaiah
Minister of Excise department
Government of Karnataka
In office
21 January 2021 – 13 May 2023
Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa
Preceded by M. T. B. Nagaraj
Minister of Food, Civil supplies and Consumer affairs
Government of Karnataka
In office
06 February 2020 – 21 January 2021
Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa
Preceded by Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle
Succeeded by Umesh Katti
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
13 May 2013
Preceded by N. L. Narendra Babu
Constituency Mahalakshmi Layout
Personal details
Born 23 June 1960
Bengaluru
Nationality Indian
Political party Bharatiya Janata party
(2019–present)
Other political
affiliations
Janata Dal (Secular)
(till 2019)

Kamakshipalya Gopalaiah is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Excise of Karnataka from 21 January 2021. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Mahalakshmi Layout in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as a member of Janata Dal (Secular). Later, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019 and won the by-elections same year.